"Fine, sold for ten thousand taels."
"Miss, from this moment on, this glazed glass cup is yours."
The old man stepped down from the platform and personally placed the glazed glass cup into Du Shuangshuang's hands.
"Ye Lin, pay up."
After Du Shuangshuang spoke, Ye Lin stepped forward and handed the old man a gold ingot.
"Many thanks, honored guest."
The old man was overjoyed the moment he saw the gold ingot.
After rubbing it in his hands for a moment, the old man became even happier. It was real.
"Next, let us present the third treasure."
"This treasure is said to be the Dragon King's Dragon Ball."
"The starting bid is one thousand taels of silver."
The old man brought out a tray from behind him, then slowly lifted the red cloth covering it.
At once, a white pearl as large as a human head appeared before everyone.
An unusual radiance shimmered across the pearl's surface.
At first glance, the light seemed utterly ordinary, but the closer one looked, the more extraordinary it became.
"I bid two thousand taels. The Dragon King's Dragon Ball—I'd very much like to study it."
"I bid three thousand taels. My apologies, but I too enjoy studying such novel little things."
Fierce bidding began, while Du Shuangshuang alone stood where she was, her face full of confusion.
"A stone born from a loach counts as a Dragon Ball?"
Du Shuangshuang could not understand, while Ye Lin merely shook his head with a laugh.
In Du Shuangshuang's eyes, it truly was nothing much, no different from a stone by the roadside.
But to these people, this pearl was a Dragon Ball.
Even if it had only come from a loach, in their eyes, that loach was still a True Dragon.
After all, the levels of